Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Compiling options? | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 25 Mar 2003 13:38:19 -0500 |
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On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 14:47, Alan Cox wrote:
> If your boxes range from PII through to AMD duron build for 686, but the > basic theory is the same. > > A 386 kernel really hurts later CPUs > A 486 kernel is generally fine > A 686 kernel speeds stuff up a little more
Should add that a 586 kernel is horrid on 686 and Athlon machines - the scheduling is worlds apart. Use it only on true 586 machines.
If you need a common denominator, go with 486 as Alan pointed out. In your case 686 seems safe and sane, though.
Robert Love
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